diff --git a/ipapython/dogtag.py b/ipapython/dogtag.py
index 37e7a5892..c6a8346d9 100644
--- a/ipapython/dogtag.py
+++ b/ipapython/dogtag.py
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ def _httplib_request(
         res = conn.getresponse()
 
         http_status = res.status
-        http_headers = res.msg.dict
+        http_headers = res.msg
         http_body = res.read()
         conn.close()
     except Exception as e: